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September 2, 2017 I was fifteen that summer and I was convinced I was rich. I had been saving my babysitting money all year. In those long ago days, the pay for babysitting was fifty cents per child until midnight. more »»

September 2, 2017 For those of us alive in 2017, “It seems there’s always been Welch Field,” as the late Billie Dibble, former Westfield Historian, wrote in Dibble’s Dabbles, published in the Westfield Republican,... more »»

September 2, 2017 In January of this year, two BeeLines described the early history of Westfield’s Waterworks in response to questions that led to more questions and a concerted search for printed documentation to... more »»

September 2, 2017 While you and I have been busy with our everyday lives, a number of folks have slipped out of the American scene. For instance, in those long-ago days before refrigeration, we all had ice boxes. more »»

August 9, 2017 Lately, I feel like I’m living in an alphabet soup world. Everywhere I turn, I’m greeted by acronyms, those abbreviations formed from the initial letters of the words in a phrase or name. more »»

June 25, 2017 During the 27 years you and I have been Moseyin’ Along together, I’ve come to recognize that there is a group of folks dedicated to giving the days, weeks and months in our calendar a reason for... more »»

June 25, 2017 During the 1600s and 1700s, the French and British are both documented as exploring what became Chautauqua County in 1811, including finding a way to connect the waterways of the St. more »»

May 17, 2017 In my long-ago childhood, only the downtown sections of the city held true department stores. Out in the suburbs, where most of us lived, clusters of small stores served the needs of the communit. more »»

May 17, 2017 Well, it seems that the mystery room is of interest to my readers… but the Westfield Historian is still hoping that some of these names will trigger some memories and provide some more clues or lead... more »»

May 16, 2017 For almost 150 years, “kids of all ages” have thrilled to the wonderful world of the circus. The wholesome family fun has been a favorite part of the American entertainment scene since the mid 1800. more »»

May 16, 2017 While researching the mysterious upstairs room at 42 North Portage, some possibly related discoveries were unearthed using names written under the white-washed walls and on the mystery paintings. more »»